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Good morning Sunday Saloners and other readers! How can you tell if it's spring in Portland? The weather changes every 5 minutes. It's been cold, blustery, rainy, sunny, warm, cloudy - even a little hail mixed in. Good reading and blogging weather. And you can tell it's April by all the first quarter wrapup posts that pop up in the book blog world, including this one.

Here are the 20 books I've read in 2010:

January

The Bone People by Keri HulmeThe Mammoth Cheese by Sheri HolmanLet the Great World Spin by Colum McCannPeace Like a River by Leif EngerThe Dew Breaker by Edwidge DanticatUnder the Greenwood Tree by Thomas HardyThe Hearts of Horses by Molly GlossThe Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer

February

The Voyage of the Narwhal by Andrea BarrettLark and Termite by Jayne Anne PhillipsCrampton Hodnet by Barbara PymPossession by A.S. ByattThe Girl with No Shadow by Joanne HarrisThe Ghost Map by Steven Johnson

March

The Patience Stone by Atiq RahimiCutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseFriday's Child by Georgette HeyerThe Lotus Eaters by Tatjana SoliThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootHousekeeping by Marilynne Robinson

And now, the awards.

Favorite book: by far - Cutting for StoneLeast favorite book: The Girl with No ShadowBiggest surprise: The Lotus Eaters (because I didn't expect to like a book about Vietnam so much)Biggest disappointment: PossessionMost astonishing: The Immortal Life of Henrietta LacksFavorite re-read: (OK, the only re-read) Housekeeping

My average rating for these 20 books: 3.95 of 5. Not bad.

And ask me how I'm doing on those reviews. "Terri, how are you doing on those reviews?" Yes, I'm behind a bit, I have four yet to write. They're on my list. Next week I'll catch you up on my challenges.